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Duncan Forbes : The Whole Works

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Century: 1800-1849     Reader/Listener/Group: Samuel Taylor Coleridge      Print: Book

  

William Forbes-Mitchell : Reminiscences of the Great Mutiny 1857-9

'I have just returned from reading a chapter of your book to my wife and her daughter. There was not a dry eye at the table, and the reader had to suspend operations, choking upon sobs. They were tears of pride and sympathy. I beg to offer you this family anecdote as a testimony to the success of your reminiscences. Of making books there is said to be no end, and I have made many. But if I could only think once, before I died, that I had given so much and such noble pleasure to a reader, I should be more than rewarded. You have made me proud and glad to be a Scotsman.'

Century: 1850-1899     Reader/Listener/Group: Robert Louis Stevenson      Print: Book

  

Forbes : Life of Beattie

Lady Harriet Cavendish to her sister, Lady Georgiana Morpeth, 14 November 1807: 'Miss Trimmer [former governess and companion] went out of town yesterday morning and I therefore spent almost the whole day here [at grandmother's London residence]. My grandmother and I had a dinner after our own hearts, a little in style of Cumberland's jew, Egg shells and potatoe skins, but quite enough for people on regimes as strict as ours. We played 5 games at Chess, read above a hundred pages of Forbes' life of Beattie, and 60 of Lord Gardenstone's travelling Memorandums, not a new book but a very entertaining one. Played old songs upon the harpsichord, and before the carriage came to fetch me, were both all but fast asleep upon our chairs.'

Century: 1800-1849     Reader/Listener/Group: Georgiana, Countess Dowager Spencer and Lady Harriet Cavendish     Print: Book

  

John Forbes : 'Memorandums Made in Ireland in the Autumn of 1852

Charlotte Bronte to George Smith, 14 July 1853:

'Mr Ruskin's beautiful book reached me safely this morning; its arrival was a pleasant surprise, for I was far from expecting to see it so soon after publication. Of course I have not yet read it, but a mere glance over the pages suffices to excite anticipation and to give a foretaste of excellence.
'Acknowledgment is also due for the great pleasure I derived from reading Dr Forbes's "Memorandum" (sent in the last Cornhill parcel [from Smith and partners, Bronte's publishers]). Without according with every opinion broached, or accepting as infallible every inference drawn or every conclusion arrived at, one cannot but like the book and sincerely respect the author on account of the good sense, good feeling, good nature, and good humour everywhere obvious in his "Memorandum."'

Century: 1850-1899     Reader/Listener/Group: Charlotte Brontë      Print: Book

  

Archibald Forbes : My Experiences of the War Between France and Germany

'Sat. Cold day ... angry ... Reading Experiences in Fr-Ge War 1870 by Archibald Forbes.'

Century: 1900-1945     Reader/Listener/Group: William Thomas      Print: Book

  

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